Baling-press.



No. 701,039. Patented May 27, I902.

E. W. HILLIARD &. H. HEIDACKER.

BALING PRESS.

(Application filed Jan. 24, 1902.)

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No. 701,039. Patented May 27, 1902.

E. W. HILLIABD & H. HEIDACKER.

BALING PRESS.

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declare the following UNrTnp STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD IV. HILLIARD AND HENRY I-IEIDAOKER, OF METROPOLIS CITY, ILLINOIS.

BALlNG PRESS.

srncrrrcnrrolv forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,039, dated May 27,1902. Application filed January 24, 1902. Serial No. 91,103. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD W. HILLIARD and HENRY I-IEIDAOKER,'citizensof the United .States, residing at Metropolis City, in the county ofMassac and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprove-V,

ments in Baling-Presses; and We do hereby to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in baling-presses, andparticularly to that class thereof which are operated byhand. Its objectis to provide a device for baling hay or other material which will formthe bales and continuously automatically discharge them.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment ofour invention, Figure 1 isaside elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3is a longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is an end View, and Fig. 5 is a detailsectional View showing more particularly one of the retainers.

In carrying out our invention we provide a packing-box 1, suitablymounted upon supports 1 and having openings 1 in its sides at thedischarge end to admit wires for tying the bales and providing forcontracting the discharge end, and a hopper l above an opening in thetop at its opposite end. At the extreme end on the outside are two rodsor bolts 2, connecting plates or bars 2 upon the top and bottom of thepacking-box. The upper ends of these rods or bolts are scre\ -threaded,and levers 2 which bear upon the upper plate, are adapted to be turnedthereon to contract the opening between the top and bottom of thedischarge end of the box. A plunger 4, which reciprocates within thepacking-box, has a rearwardly-extended bar 4, having a series of teeth 4and is passed through a slot 5 in the end of a frame or support 5. Tothe upper portion of this frame is secured a preferably bifurcatedbracket 6, within which is pivoted a lever 7, having a slot 7, throughwhich passes the bar 4. Suitable openings 5 are provided in the frame 5to permit movement of the lever 7, and over a pulley 5, mounted in aslot 5 in the end of the frame, passes a cable 8, connected to the lowerend ofthe lever and tothe rear end of the bar 4".

Pivoted to the lever is a link 7, and upon this leveris a pin 7, adaptedto engage said link and raise or withdraw it from the teeth when theupper end ofsaid lever is swung forward. Also adapted to engage saidteeth is anotherlink 9, pivoted to the frame and whichmay be releasedfrom the teeth by raising a lever 10, which is pivoted to the frame 5.This lever has a handle-1O and is connected to the link 9 bya pitman10*. A preferably coiled spring 11 is connected, preferably at oppositeends, to the head of the plunger and the rear of the frame to withdrawthe plunger after it has been moved forward, when the links are releasedfrom the teeth. The head of the plunger4is provided with recesses 4 uponits working face to permit retainers 12 to pass in behind the materialwhich has been pressed and hold the same after the plunger has beenwithdrawn. These retainers 12 are pivoted in slots 12 in the sides ofthe packing-box and are forced inwardly by preferably flat springs 12*,secured to the box and having their free ends bearing upon the free endsof the retainers. Above the frame is arranged a suitable platform 13 forthe operator.

In operation the handle of the lever is first drawn back, which pullsthe cable 8 and sends the plunger forward to compact the loose hay orother material supplied through the hopper 1 The link 9 willfall intothe teeth of the bar 4 and hold the plunger forwardwhen the lever isreleased. After the lever is released and thrown forward the cable Sisslack. The link 7 b will now catch the teeth and send the plungerforward until the retainers 12 fall in the notches in the head of theplunger behind the pressed material by moving the lever back and forth.The plunger may now be withdrawn to admit material for another bale.Thisis done by throwing the lever forward until the pin 7 engages thelink 7 h and raises it from the teeth of the bar 4. Then the link 9 isreleased by raising the lever 10,

whereby the plunger is withdrawn by the coil-spring 11.

To separate the bales one from another, slotted blocks 14, as shown, areinserted in the packing-box next to the head of the plun= ger before itis sent forward to press a bale. When the bales are opposite the opensides of the packing-box, they are tied by wire or other means beingpassed through the slots in the blocks and around'the bales. Contractingthe openings in the discharge end will retard the forward movement ofthe bales, and thus the compactness to which the hay is pressed may beregulated.

In our device the loose material is compacted ready to be pressed into acomplete bale by one movement of the lever. Then the necessary power topress the material into a compact bale is applied by moving the leverback and forth several times. It is obvious that our constructionrequires but a minimum gulmber of movements of the lever to press a Itwill be understood that we herein describe a practical and preferredembodiment of a machine for carrying out our invention; but it should beunderstood that we do not limit ourselves to the particular mechanismshown, as we are aware that changes in the details of construction maybe made without departing from the spirit or impairing the advantages ofour invention.

It is obvious that in lieu of the frame 5 fixtures or other supports maybe provided for the lever 7 and bar 4.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a baling device, the combination of a packing-box, aplunger,adapted to reciprocate therein, having a bar provided withteeth, a frame, a lever fulcrumed to said frame and connected to saidplunger by a cable, and a link pivoted to said lever and adapted toengage said teeth, substantially as set forth.

2. In a baling device, the combination of a packing-box, a plungeradapted to reciprocate therein, having a bar provided with teeth, aframe, a lever fulcrumed to said frame and connected to said plunger bya cable, a link pivoted to said lever adapted to engage said teeth, anda second link pivoted to said frame and adapted to also engage saidteeth, substantially as set forth.

3. In a baling device, the combination of a packing-box, a plungeradapted to reciprocate therein, having a bar provided with teeth, aframe, a lever fulcrumed to said frame and connected to said plunger, bya cable, a link pivoted to said lever and adapted to engage said teeth,and a pin upon said lever adapted to engage said link and release itfrom the teeth, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination in a baling device, of a packing-box, a plungeradapted to reciprocate therein, having a bar provided with teeth, aframe, a lever fulcrumed to said frame and connected to said-plunger bya cable, a link pivoted to said frame and adapted to also engage saidteeth, and a spring connected to said frame and said plunger,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD W. I-IILLIARD. HENRY HEIDAOKER. Witnesses:

THOMAS LIGGETT, J. A. ORR.

